SIX Trading Key Figures: April 2019

In April, trading turnover on the Swiss stock exchange was up 2.3% on the previous month and reached CHF 121.8 billion. There was also an increase in the number of transactions by 7.1% to 4,665,486. In comparison with the corresponding period last year, trading turnover was down by -5.5% at CHF 469.9 billion, while the number of trades dropped by -17.9% to 17,968,469. Since the beginning of the year, the SMI® rose by 15.9% and reached a new all-time high of 9769.74 points on 30 April.

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SMI® index at 9769.7 points at the end of April (+3.1% month-on-month)

The highest turnover on a single trading day was recorded on 17 April, which saw securities worth a total volume of CHF 8.8 billion changing hands. The highest number of trades was recorded on 12 April, with 242,364 transactions. The stock that generated the highest turnover and highest number of transactions during the reporting month was NOVARTIS N with CHF 10.2 bn and 321,591 transactions.

In April, 24 products with crypto currencies as underlying were traded on the Swiss stock exchange. With a total of 1,303 trades, turnover reached CHF 28.1 million – in both cases more than doubling the numbers of the previous month. The most traded product, ZXBTAV, with Bitcoin as underlying, recorded a turnover of CHF 9.1 million with 354 transactions. A new product on the crypto currency Ripple (AXRP) was listed during this period.

Detailed statistics on turnover and transaction volumes per segment compared with the previous month and previous year, on newly listed products and on the development of the most important indices can be found in the tables below and on the website of
the Swiss stock exchange.

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